title: The reproducibility of intravascular ultrasound imaging in vitro.
abstract: To determine which factors may affect the image quality when an intravascular ultrasound catheter is used in vivo, the influence of blood, temperature change, and contrast media were evaluated. In addition, to confirm the reproducibility of intravascular ultrasound imaging to measure cross-sectional lumen area, intraobserver and interobserver variability were determined. The findings indicated that ultrasound images in blood are mildly attenuated, that changes from room temperature to body temperature do not have a significant impact on the image quality, that contrast media attenuates the image intensity in a dose-dependent manner, and that the intravascular ultrasound imaging catheter provides a reproducible method for measuring arterial lumen area with excellent intraobserver and interobserver correlation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moriuchi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tobis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mahon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gessert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McRae
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Moussabeck
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001769:Blood; D001831:Body Temperature; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*